Tuesday 22 May 2012
What's On - Herts and Essex

Bishop's Stortford College Festival of Literature 2012

Baroness Shirley Williams with the judges and finalists of the short story competition Photo: Ian Taylor

A TRIO of talented writers were lauded for their efforts after triumphing in this year's Bishop's Stortford College Festival of Literature Short Story Competition.

Luke Wright in full flow at Bishop's Stortford College

4Talent award winner Luke Wright is one of the UK's leading stand-up poets. It was with great pleasure that he was welcomed back to Bishop's Stortford College.

Anne Fine at Bishop's Stortford College

THROUGHOUT a colourful and lively talk on her career, children's author Anne Fine proved as gloriously eccentric and contradictory as her extensive back catalogue.

Robin Ince's show was 'as fascinating as it was funny'

ON the face of it, topics like quantum mechanics or the Schrodinger's cat paradox are hardly a rich vein for comedy.

SJ Watson at Bishop's Stortford College

Oscar Wilde once said "memory is the diary that we all carry around with us" and this quotation resonates the message of S J Watson's performance.

John Hegley at Bishop's Stortford College Festival of Literature

After selling out numerous shows such as the Edinburgh Festival, Montreal Comedy Festival and the USA Comedy Festival, Bishop's Stortford College was honoured to welcome John Hegley.

Simon Callow entertains the crowd at Bishop's Stortford College

Almost exactly 200 years after the birth of Charles Dickens, February 7, 1812, Simon Callow seems the perfect person to be celebrating the life of undoubtedly the greatest writer of the Victorian era.

Bishop's Stortford College Festival of LiteratureBSC Literature Festival lineup

Now in its third year, Bishop's Stortford College Festival of Literature has a fantastic line-up of novelists, poets and storytellers to entertain and delight this year.

 

From performance poetry to an insight into how to write best-selling children's books; one of the country's best known actors talking about his passion for the work of Charles Dickens and an evening listening to a great storyteller - there is something for everyone to enjoy during this week-long celebration of the world of words.

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